Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She very much looks the part of a Baker. She has red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ishte was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and to be a shoemaker again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses like a well dressed Navigator does. She has white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Callybon took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Navigator for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her blonde hair is still thick. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Yevelda studied abroad. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Sardonyx (30 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hupe isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is a great chef.

History: Hupe lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 60 pp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 180 pp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.